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A Waco economist, RayPerryman, has prepared an economic impact statement about the impact of the demise of the Big XII on Waco and Texas (via …
Following up on Brad’s post about Big 10 expansion plans, it looks like the football coaches in the Big XII have no idea what’s going …
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I’ve written before that when you look at how college athletic department officials make business decisions, they act a lot like their professional counterparts even …
From the Chronicle of Higher Ed.: “Colleges charge a premium for admission to see males play, even when women’s basketball teams are ranked as among …
CBS college basketball analyst and former coach (Manhattan, Villanova, UMAss), Steve Lappas made this (paraphrased) observation over the weekend: The game has changed. We used …
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